TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 373 new cases of COVID-19 today, and two more deaths. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 265 of those cases are in people who aren’t fully vaccinated, or their vaccination status isn’t known. The seven-day average of daily new cases is down to 416. There are […]
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By Allison Jones
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TORONTO – Ontario Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca is unveiling an all-or-nothing pledge to introduce a ranked ballot system for provincial elections, pitching it as a way to reduce partisanship and staking his leadership on it. Del Duca is set to tell his party’s annual general meeting Sunday that if […]
A Canadian was among 17 missionaries allegedly kidnapped in Haiti on Saturday, Christian Aid Ministries said in a statement on its website. The U.S.-based mission organization said Sunday that five children are also believed to be in the group. The organization said they were on returning from a trip to […]
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KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to visit Kamloops, B.C., today, where the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc Nation announced it had found what are believed to be some 200 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school last spring. Since May, numerous Indigenous nations have reported […]
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MONTREAL – A Montreal firefighter has died after falling into the St. Lawrence River during a rescue mission Sunday night. Mayor Valerie Plante on Monday offered her condolences to the family and colleagues of the firefighter, who apparently became trapped on a rescue craft after it capsized and sunk. “They […]
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MONTREAL – Organizers demanded that Quebec better protect Indigenous women as the World March of Women’s fifth international action wrapped up in Montreal on Sunday. The Quebec Coalition of the World March of Women asked the province to institute systemic change at a rally that brings to a close the […]
By Amy Forliti
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Derek Chauvin has hired an attorney to represent him as he appeals his murder conviction in the death of George Floyd, according to court documents made public Monday. Attorney William Mohrman filed a document with the court Friday saying he would represent Chauvin in his appeal. Chauvin […]
By Associated Press
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LONDON (AP) – The British Museum will display what it says is the world’s oldest surviving map of the stars in a major upcoming exhibition on the Stonehenge stone circle. The 3,600-year-old “Nebra Sky Disc,” first discovered in Germany in 1999, is one of the oldest surviving representations of the […]
By Robert Burns, Eric Tucker And Eileen Putman
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) – Colin Powell, who served Democratic and Republican presidents in war and peace but whose sterling reputation was forever stained by his faulty claims to justify the U.S. war in Iraq, died Monday of COVID-19 complications. He was 84. A veteran of the Vietnam War, Powell rose to […]
By Rob Maaddi
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Six weeks into the NFL season and each conference has only six teams with a winning record. A league that prides itself on parity is loaded with mediocre and poor teams. Five clubs have one win, the Lions are winless and four division races are all but over, barring major […]
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Vancouver Canucks (1-1-1, third in the Pacific) vs. Buffalo Sabres (2-0-0, second in the Atlantic) Buffalo, New York; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Sabres +118, Canucks -143; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: The Vancouver Canucks visit Buffalo after the Sabres defeated Arizona 2-1 in a shootout. Buffalo went […]
By Merna Emara
Staff Writer
memara@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
memara@fortfrances.com
The user fee bylaw addition is going back to the Community Services Executive Committee for reconsideration after most council members agreed consider other options. The bylaw would charge user groups for events held at the Townshend Theatre to cover the cost of hiring contract vaccination proof checking screeners, according to […]
